Metallic roofing



(No Model.)

J. F. STUGKERT.

METALLIC ROOFING. No. 332,219. Patented Dec. '8, 1885. 1 12 34.

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J. FRANKLIN STUOKERT, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

METALLIC ROOFING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 332,219. dated December 8, 1885.

Application filed November 28, 1884. Serial No. 149,032. (No model.)

T0 at whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, J. FRANKLIN STUoKEnr, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Metallic Roofing, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a top view, partly broken, of a roof embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a section in line a: m, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 represents a section in line y y, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 represents in asectional view, on a reduced scale, the mode of practically applying the roof.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre sponding parts in the several figures.

My invention consists of improvements in metallic roofing, as hereinafter fully set forth.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a guttered rafter of a roof formed of wood, metal, or other suitable material, any desired number of which may be employed,and placed any desired distance apart, as may be found necessary. These rafters sustain cross-gutters B, formed of wood, metal, or other suitable material, placed at preferably a right angle thereto and beneath the joints of the roof or the bearing thereof, to catch any drip therefrom. The gutters B may be continuous or non-continuous. In the former case they have openings into the guttered rafters, so as to discharge the water into said rafters, whilein the non-continuous the opposite ends of the lengths of the cross-gutters rest on the guttered rafters, the spaces existing between said ends being above the guttered rafters, so that water is caused to drop from the said ends into the guttered rafter. The gutters may also be divided by a web.

0 represents cross-bearings placed at right angles, or nearly so, to the guttered rafters, and on the cross-gutters for sustaining the roof, and acting as dripping-pieces. Above the roof are staying-bars D, placed parallel to the cross-bearing 0, but may be omitted, if desired. These cross-bearings and stayingbars are constructed of any hard material and. of any suitable form, and the latter are connected with the guttered rafters by means of slides or holders E and screw-bolts F, or may be attached to the cross-bearings Or'gutters. Any other means for connecting said parts may be used, as I do not desire to limit myself in this respect to the particular means shown for this purpose. Longitudinal gutters, as M, may be placed beneath joints running parallel with the corrugations, and supported by being connected to the staying-bars or otherwise, the drip therefrom passing into the cross-gutters B.

G represents a covering-bar placed over the edges of two adjacent sheets of the roofing. Said covering-bar may be omitted and the sheets lapped, if desired.

H represents a wall-plate of the usual form, and L represents a plain flashing extending across the front of the wall. The front or outer gutter, K, is attached to the wall in any suitable manner, the roof being supported on the flashing J, which in one form of the invention, Fig. 4, rests on the cross-bearing 0, between which and the guttered rafter Ais the plain flashing L, or in another form, Fig. 2, rests on said plain flashing, the lower part of which depends over the open end of the guttered rafter. The top of the flashing J is corrugated to accord with the corrugated roof which rests thereon.

The form of construction herein described is adapted to metallic roofs, corrugated or clamped, and is also suitable for the sides of buildings, and serves, as can be readily understood, to catch leakage therefrom, as well as the water of condensation formed on the under side thereof, the latter being guided by the cross-bearings to the cross-gutter B, and thence into the guttered rafters. Suitable ventilation-bars may be used in connection with the device, if so desired. The gutters are also lined with sheet-lead or other noncorrosive material,to resist the action of acids.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A metal roofing having guttered rafters, cross-gutters, cross-bearings, and staying-bars, said parts being combined and arranged as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The guttered rafter A, in combination with cross-gutters B, resting thereon, bearings C, metallic roofing resting on said bearings C, and means, substantially as described, for

securing together said roofing and rafters, and a flashing covering the opening in the end substantially as stated.

3. The guttered rafters A, in combination with the cross-gutters B, cross-bearings O, and

staying-bars D, the said stayingbars being secured to the said guttered rafters or crossbearings G, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. A metallic roofing having guttered rafters and cross-gutters resting on said rafters, and provided with cross-bearings, and staying-bars securing said roofing to said rafters, I

of said guttered rafters, substantially as described.

5. In a metallic roofing, guttered rafters, in combination with a Wall-plate, a cross-bearing, a corrugated flashing, and a plain flashing, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

J. FRANKLIN STUOKERT. Witnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM, J NO. K. PLITT. 

